We dug this gem out of our June 2004 issue to help you guys and gals as you finish your projects. Careful initial sorting is important if you don't want to throw away all those months spent behind the wrench.

It always amazes me how people will throw away a weekend of racing and thousands of dollars due to poor prep work. Had a team at the last rally, car is worth $40k, fireed it up on race day, was stuck in launch control mode. Wasted because they couldn't be bothered to check/test the car the friday before.

We've been using AutoX to sort and refine our modifications, tune, suspension, brakes, diff, gear ratios, boost for the XR4, after all, loosing a couple hours and $40 to learn our open diff = spinning top of death when the drive tire unloads/loads under 30psi of boost in a paved parking lot = priceless...

HiTempguy wrote:
It always amazes me how people will throw away a weekend of racing and thousands of dollars due to poor prep work. Had a team at the last rally, car is worth $40k, fireed it up on race day, was stuck in launch control mode. Wasted because they couldn't be bothered to check/test the car the friday before.

I can tell you how that happens - I have been working on my car, alone, every night for the past week trying to get it ready for Mid-Ohio this coming weekend. I have to load it on the trailer Wednesday and I have a lot left to do so I am hurrying - and that always leads to forgetting something stupid.